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National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers

Catalogue reference: COU 1

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COU 1

This series principally contains registered files of correspondence and papers of the National Parks Commission from its establishment in 1949 until its replacement by the Countryside Commission in 1968. The files are divided into 19 themes:...

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Reference

COU 1

Title
National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers
Date

1949-2000

Description

This series principally contains registered files of correspondence and papers of the National Parks Commission from its establishment in 1949 until its replacement by the Countryside Commission in 1968. The files are divided into 19 themes:

  • General (G)
  • Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AB)
  • Brecon Beacons (BB)
  • Broads (BS)
  • Country Code (CC)
  • Cornwall (CL)
  • Dartmoor (DR)
  • Exmoor (ER)
  • Lake District (LD)
  • Long Distance Routes (LR)
  • Northumberland (ND)
  • North Yorkshire Moors (NY)
  • Pembrokeshire Coast (PC)
  • Peak District (PD)
  • Publicity (PY)
  • Roman Wall (RW)
  • Snowdonia (SA)
  • South Downs (SD)
  • Yorkshire Dales (YD)

Note

This series may contain temporary gaps in piece ranges as records are being transferred by two different transferring departments. Descriptions for the affected pieces will be made searchable on our online catalogue (Discovery) shortly after transfer.

Related material

Records of the National Parks Committee and Wildlife Conservation Special Committee are in:

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

G and other file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Countryside Commission, 1968-1999
Physical description

1684 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1970 Countryside Commission

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5352/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

5,674 records

Within the department: COU

Records of the National Parks Commission and the Countryside Commission

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National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers